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Factoid of the Month
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| Time Ruling |
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"On November 8, 2005, the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that
employers must pay employees
for the time it takes to put on and
take off safety gear and the time
it takes them to walk between
the changing area and the
production area. Workers must
also be compensated for time
they spend waiting to take off
safety gear."
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IBP Inc. vs. Alvarez and Turn et al. vs.
Barber Foods, Inc.
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Let an
automated
time and
attendance
system be
your answer
to applying
your work
rules...no
matter how
strange!
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Quote of the Month
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"Three Rules of Work:
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity
2. From discord, find harmony
3. In the middle of difficulty, lies
opportunity."
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-Albert Einstein
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Based on this astute observation,
you can be sure that if Einstein
was around today, he would be
an advocate of an automated
time and attendance system!
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Automating Your Work Rules |
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As if there weren't already enough reasons to automate time and
attendance, these systems also automate your work rules-no matter how
simple or how complex. As TimeLines is truly all about you, the savvy
organization, keep in mind that automating time and attendance is completely
configurable for your work rules, your employees, and your needs.
To get your questions answered about your organization's unique work rules,
please join the Time and Attendance Forum.
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- Marc Nelson, Editor-In-Chief, TimeLines Newsnote
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Reducing the Headaches of HR and Payroll |
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A good automated time and attendance system will ease the burdens of
your HR and payroll departments by simplifying the following processes:
• Rounding - calculates punch times to the nearest 10th, quarter, etc. of an
hour
• Meals and breaks - applies policies for paid breaks, minimum meal
requirements, long meal policies, policies for working through lunch, etc.
• Shift breakdowns - automatically calculates hours for evening, night,
weekend, holiday shifts, etc., according to your organization's policies and
qualifying criteria
That is just the beginning! To learn more about how automated time and
attendance systems reduce the workload of your HR/Payroll department, check
out the TimeLines Archive.
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An automated labor management system will also include other
configurable options, as well. These include:
• Pay periods - synchronized to your weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, or
monthly payroll cycles
• Labor account fields - configurable to relate to your general ledger,
project tracking, etc.
• Access profiles and user accounts - provides secure distribution of the
application adaptable to varying levels and authority throughout your
organization
• Time-off definitions - according to your company's policies
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